here's shepard smith. >> shepard: it's noon on the west coast, 3:00 at the white house.cted to speak live in just a few minutes on issues including nuclear nation of north korea. will the president take up the topic of roy moore? that alabama senate candidate is refusing to leave the race after accusations of sexual misconduct with teenagers. today fresh defiance from judge moore in the face of criticism from leading lawmakers. judge andrew napolitano on why roy moore is a constitutional legal and political problem for the gop. plus, the president speaking as senate republicans aim for changes on their tax plan ending

here's shepard smith. >> shepard: it's noon on the west coast, 3:00 at the white house. president trump is expected to speak live in just a few minutes on issues including nuclear nation of north korea. will the president take up the topic of roy moore? that alabama senate candidate is refusing to leave the race after accusations of sexual misconduct with teenagers. today fresh defiance from judge moore in the face of criticism from leading lawmakers. judge andrew napolitano on why roy moore is a constitutional legal and political problem for the gop. plus, the president speaking as senate republicans aim for changes on their tax plan ending the obamacare penalty that makes people pay a fine if they don't buy health insurance and making tax cuts for individuals temporary while corporate tax cuts are permanent. let's get to it. the news will break in just a moment. waiting to hear from president trump scheduling to speak at half passed the hour. scheduled to talk on north korea and trade. the president returned to washington after two weeks in asia. we don't know if he wi

shepard smith reporting. then. >> dana: america's status as a military superpower without equal is now facing a serious challenge from china, as president trump meets with xi jinping of china. military budget has increased by nearly 400%, within three years, china's navy will add at least 69 summer institute its fleet. they already have more than 2700 planes, and beijing has at least 27 missiles. policy advisor in the bush white house, and a fox news contributor. all right, how big of a concern is this? when you look at these numbers and compare it to our debates here in america, about increases to our military budget? how does it compare? >> i think americans need to wake up to the fact that we have become accustomed since world war ii of dominating the oceans and the air appeared as a soldier, i just would take for granted that the u.s. air force goes unchallenged once it is over my head in combat. the chinese, it is not only the numbers of their budget, but qualitatively, they just unveiled their new fight

shepard smith is in new york city, he's been covering this attack from the moment it happened and he the scene where it occurred. shepard.

up next, shepard smith. >> shepard: it's 3:00 on the east coast, 2:00 p.m. in texas. we expect mike pence to arrive to meet with victims of the church massacre. we're seeing new video from one of the men that chased the gunmen after the video. president trump in china after warning north korea not to underestimate the united states. he has a message for the chi northeast leader about supporting dictator kim jong-un. we're live in beijing. get ready for self-driving cars without backup human drivers. volunteer for a test ride? let's get to it. this wednesday afternoon, democrats are celebrating their first big win since president trump's stunning victory a year ago today. including governors races in new jersey and virginia. a key swing state. now the president is blasting the candidate he once supported in virginia for not embracing the trump brand of politics. last night the democrat ralph northam beat ed gillespie. ed gillespie is the former chair of the democratic committee. he refused to campaign with president trump at all. he did adopt many of the president's po

things are joining us on "the daily briefing," i'm dana perino, and here as always, shepard smith. >>t's noon on the west coast, 3:00 in d.c., where senate democrats are now calling for the attorney general jeff sessions to explain himself. after two advisors appear to contradict him about campaign with russia. we learned while one of those advisors is still apparently cooperating with a special counsel, robert mueller. the attorney general also catching the criticism from his boss. president trump think he does not know about sessions at future. at the justice department doesn't have accusations that hillary clinton rick the primary system. the president said that's the real story on collusion. we will look at facts. as all this goes down here in united states. the president headed to asia where

details on both now developing top of the hour on shepard smith reporting. dana: a day after he seemed open to more diplomacy, president trump issuing another tough warning to north korea. >> the weapons you are acquiring are not making you safer. they are putting your regime in grave danger. every step you take down this dark path increases the peril you face. >> dana: the president also calling on china an russia to help reign in the kim regime. >> to those nations that choose to ignore this threat, or worse still to enable it, the wait of this crisis is on your conscience. >> dana: managing director of the asia, eur asia group, that important place we love. thanks for being with us today. your thoughts on the president's trip so far? >> well, look. the trip's going pretty well so far. he started with the'iest ones first. japan and south korea are both allies. they like the united states. they need the united states. so you have prime minister abe, president moon in south korea embracing president trump to ensure that the alliances remain strong and robust

. >> shepard smith on the fox newsdesk. mcconnell calling on roy moore to quit the alabama race for the united states senate. mitch mcconnell, leader mcconnell, saying he believes the women who have accused moore. right now there's a news conference under way and another woman is accusing him of sexual impropriety when she was 15, 16 years old. now, we're waiting to hear moore's reaction. we'll hear from someone who said the write-in campaign could split the vote. or if moore ends up winning, it would be up to republicans to push him out. but would they have enough support? the intrigue in alabama top of the hour on "shepard smith reporting." see you then. >> dana: fox news alert. the judge in the bob menendez corruption trial sending the jury home for the day, ordering them to continue deliberating tomorrow. it comes after the jury says they can't reach a decision. let's talk about it with judge andrew napolatano. they're saying it's not right to say it is dead locked, but they can't reach a unanimous verdict. what's going

shepard smith joins us live from the scene. what is the latest about this investigation?the latest on the investigation is this. authorities here on scene, not barred from the world trade center, now telling fox news, confirming earlier reports that they found two notes that he had expressed loyalty to isis, one in the vehicle and the other one just outside, i believe next to a black bag that fell out of the vehicle. fox news has learned that in that bag and laying on the street was a knife inside of a leather sheath which had a belt clip next to it. they don't know why he didn't use it. the path of the carnage was about a mile long, although my bike path along manhattan's west side highway along the hudson river. at the end of the mile, they ended up near stuyvesant high school, a fairly famous high school where kids had just let out for the day. four of the victims said to have been from that school, two staff, two students, all of them survived. one of them still in critical condition at bellevue hospital where some of the survivors are tonight. you mentioned he's a uz

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things are joining us on "the daily briefing," i'm dana perino, and here as always, shepard smith. >> shep: it's noon on the west coast, 3:00 in d.c., where senate democrats are now calling for the attorney general jeff sessions to explain himself. after two advisors appear to contradict him about campaign with russia. we learned while one of those advisors is still apparently cooperating with a special counsel, robert mueller. the attorney general also catching the criticism from his boss. president trump think he does not know about sessions at future. at the justice department doesn't have accusations that hillary clinton rick the primary system. the president said that's the real story on collusion. we will look at facts. as all this goes down here in united states. the president headed to asia where north korea's nuclear program, sitting atop the agenda. the key concerns and what the white house may want to accomplish. and a judge ruled, no prison time for the armada server, bowe bergdahl. let's get to it. >> now, "shepard smith reporting" lie from the fox news deck. >> shep: fir

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that is at the top of the hour with "shepard smith reporting."e you then. >> dana: the push for tax reform facing headwinds from capitol hill to mainstreet as lawmakers battle what goes into the final bill. americans are mean deeply divided. a recent poll finding half against the plan, only a third supports it. jessica tarlov, senior researcher -- ed ryan is a former writer for president george w. bush. thank you for being here today. let's start with you. do you think the democrats' perspective here is to try to improve the bill so they can see it yes, or do they want to drive up the negatives of the bill and make it more unpopular than it is quite make >> it's friday, i will be honest. they want to drive up the negatives and make sure that donald trump has no accomplishments going into the 2018 election. there are also a lot of problems with both versions of the bill. obviously, we are going to hear more and more with the senate version, there were more people across the ideological spectrum on the right who said no to what the house put up the

that's ahead in this hour of "shepard smith reporting." >> the white house briefing is set to begin any moments. we're expecting questions about the president's response to sexual assault accusations. president trump blasted al franken while keeping quiet on roy moore. where do his hands go in pictures 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 while she sleeps? the president referring to this shot. a radio host accusing franken of forcibly kissing her and released the photo of him groping her in a uso tour in 2006. senator franken apologized and agreed to an ethics investigation. tweeden claims that franken kissed her during a rehearsal. this is from the actual show in 2006. the president has not condemned the alabama republican who is facing accusations of sexual misconduct with teenagers even though gop leaders in congress have. roy moore has denied the allegations and said reporters are on a witch hunt. john roberts is live in the briefing room. john, the white house has said that roy moore will step aside if the accusations are true. >> that's been repeated several times now. sarah huckabee sanders in the b

i'm ed henry in for shepard smith. lawyers for president trump's former national security adviser retired general michael flynn might be making a move to cooperate with feds on the russia investigation. sources say flynn's attorneys are no longer sharing info with legal teams, including president trump's. flynn may be cutting a deal with special counsel robert mueller who's looking into russia's meddling in the 2016 campaign and possible collusion with members of the trump camp. the white house and russian president vladimir putin have repeatedly said there was no collusion. attorneys for the former national security adviser would not comment. but a member of the president's legal team says flynn getting a possible plea deal is not unsuspected and thus maybe not a big deal. james, we knew flynn was seeking some sort of a deal in exchange for testimony. is it possible this turns out to be not very much? >> unlikely. and as we have seen in past high-profile cases with special prosecutors and potential star witnesses such

howie: shepard smith took a . . accusation is predicated on the charge that secretary clinton approved the sale. she did not. a committee of nine eve valuated the sale, the president approved the sale. howie: shep went on to say most of of the clinton foundation issues came from a canadian owner who sold his stake three years before hillary clinton was secretary of state. amy: i think shep is making his arguments from what he read. but when need an investigation and those investigation are under way to understand better how this went down. the more you read about it the thornier it gets. "the washington post" erroneously reported no pure rain yum left the united states of america. now we have if the nuclear regulatory commission saying it . all this money flowing to the clinton foundation and bill clinton getting the timeline and the fact hoi -- the fact that hy clinton was not seated at table of:nine. i know some people have said if it walks like a duck -- i have said that. but i don't see the duck here. if you loo

here's shepard smith. >> shepard: it's noon on the west coast, 2:00 in southerland springs, texas where investigators are trying to figure out why a killer walked into a church and gunned down dozens. what we know about the murder's violent history and threatening texts to a relative and the heros that helped stop him and the victims, all cut down in church. president trump on his visit to asia calling north korea a threat to the civilized word. so what is his plan to deal with the nuclear nation? mystery surrounds the attack on senator rand paul. a neighbor accused of assaulting him, tackling him, cracking his ribs. now the accused attacker is out and free while senator paul faces a prolonged absence from washington. the stories have been changing. we'll hear from the attackers or accused attacker's lawyer. let's get to it. first from the fox news deck this monday afternoon, investigators searching for a motive in the worst mass shooting in texas history. the worst in church shooting in american history. they say the suspect had sent threatening texts to his mother-in-law that attended

shepard smith made it clear, nothing to see is far as uranium one. heather: depending who you listen to. we will see what happens. thank you for joining us, appreciate it. we will talk about this, 100 lawmakers outraged over it disgraced deserter bowe bergdahl's payday from the pentagon. they argue he should not receive back paphos for the five years he spent in captivity with the delavan after walking off his post in 2009. he was dishonorably discharged despite admitting to desertion and putting away many of his fellow soldiers or putting them in danger. charles manson tweeting to life in a california hospital reporting the 83-year-old, various treatment for several days. manson who is serving seven life sentences is suffering severe health issues and was previously hospitalized in january. medical breakthrough in a disease plaguing former nfl players, cte from brain scans taking from a living patient for the first time. the unnamed former nfl player has since died, cte is detected during an autopsy by repetitive head trauma. researchers say a new f

here's shepard smith. >> shepard: it's noon on the west coast, 2:00 in southerland springs, texas whereors are trying to figure out why a killer walked into a church and gunned down dozens. what we know about the murder's violent history and threatening texts to a relative and the heros that helped stop him and the victims, all cut down in church. president trump on his visit to asia calling north korea a threat to the civilized word. so what is his plan to deal with the nuclear nation? mystery surrounds the attack on senator rand paul. a neighbor accused of assaulting

. >> breaking news, "shepard smith reporting." >> shepard: and from the white house, an awkward thing just happened as it has been ascribed to me. an event at the oval office, an event honoring world war ii code talkers. who are native american spirit president trump was introduced by navajo code talkers, and in passing while speaking to the age of those from world war ii, obviously, they are not new people, the man he was speaking with was at 90, and the president made reference to senator elizabeth warren, she was there, she is older than them, and reminded the native americans that have been told to me in attendance, people here call her pocahontas. that was met with i am told awkward silence. what we are watching a moment ago was a playback of this from the white house. i think we can show you a bit of it. we have not gone to the point of the tape. remember how this always works. it is not a live event, the white house decides what is available live. the pool is the three big networks plus cnn and fox news and others. about coming together and working to pool the resources of all

here's shepard smith. >> shepard: it's noon on the west coast, 3:00 at the white house where we're expecting to hear from the press secretary in about a half hour. they moved it from 3:00 to 3:30 with fresh reaction. the house voting to pass a tax cut bill after a visit from president trump today. it does not include scrapping the obamacare mandate like the senate version does. we'll explain what is in the house plan and how it could affect so many older americans. also, why support for the senate bill may be slipping. democratic senator al franken responding to a woman who said he kissed her without permission and a picture that shows him going to grope her while she slept. while on the republican side, word of a potential drastic option to keep the senate candidate roy moore from ever getting elected after accusations of sexual misconduct with young teenagers. we expect to hear from roy moore live shortly. let's get to it. good thursday afternoon from the fox news deck. to breaking news. a live look at the white house briefing room. sarah sanders set to take questions in this hour after ho

joining us now with the latest from the scene is fox news shepard smith. pard: lawyer new tonight and new this hour fox news has confirmed earlier reports that police found in and around the vehicle, which the suspect had driven, that rented home depot truck, notes written in arabic pledging allegiance to isis. i'm told one note in the vehicle and another appears to hav flenut in a black leather bag that fell out as he exited the vehicle after it crashed into a school bus. fox news has also learned out of that bag fell a hunting knife in a black leather sheath with a belt clip attached to it a knife he apparently not use as he was flailing his arms in the streets of lower manhattan waiving two fake guns shouting allahu akbar as police from the sixth precinct put it lit him up. the police here on scene earlier told me they believe they had shot him in the stomach. fox news has now confirmed he was actually shot in the leg. no major arteries hit. he is expected to survive. the surgery is over. we believe. though we haven't been able to confirm that he will be

busy hour ahead on shepard smith reporting. we'll see you then. >> dana: a very dramatic scene at the hague this morning as a convicted bosnian war criminal committed suicide secondses after his 20 year prison sentence was upheld. he shouted he was not a war criminal then drank what was apparently poison from a small bottle. the man quickly fell ill and was rushed to a hospital where they were unable to save him. he was convicted for his role in a campaign to drive muslims out of bosnia in the early 1990sour next guest burst on the scene with a last minute effort in the alabama senate race. lee busby served an officer in baghdad and fallujah in iraq. he was also chief of staff to general kelly when the white house chief of staff was commanding the marine forces srefrb. busby is a republican. he said he voted for john case oeubg in the primary and donald trump in the election. he said he doesn't believe roy moore or doug jones is qualified to serve. thank you for joining me today. what made you want to put your hat in the ring t

david lee miller, it's shepard smith in new york. we're ready for your report if you can hear us. >> shepard, this is day number 35 for the menendez trial. at 2:20 this afternoon, the judge read a note from the jury. the note read in part "we cannot reach a unanimous decision ". the time here is significant. about three hours earlier at 11:00 a.m., a new juror on the jury began to deliberate with the 11 others on the panel. last week one of the jurors was excused because she was going to go on a long planned vacation and she was replaced by another juror. the judge had agreed at this at the start of the trial. now the dismissed juror, jury number 8, told reporters after she was dismissed in interviews she thought that senator menendez was not guilty and that she was being pressed by other jurors on the panel to convict him. a short time ago, we heard from senator menendez, his reaction to this latest issue with juror number 8. listen. >> first of all, as i said 2 1/2 years ago when i first faced these charges that i was innocent. clea

. >> shepard smith on the news that come up with the church massacre. cannot confirm the dallas television station report that the man who murdered 25 innocent people including a pregnant woman once escaped from a mental institution. the breaking details coming up, and one of the hospitals taking care of victims of the attack is about to hold a news conference appeared we will monitor that and bring you an update on a very busy news day at the deck. i'll see at the top hour. >> dana: the united states is about to go it alone in opposition to the paris climate accord. that's because syria has announced plans to sign the deal. until now, it was the only other member to not sign by 196 nations. this means the united states would be the sole u.n. member country outside the deal, and president trump makes good on his june promised to pull out. i will take until 2020 to fully withdraw from the paris accord. it is election day in virginia with a high-stakes battle for governor. republican ed gillespie against democrat ralph northam. during this now in south ca

we will find out when "the daily briefing" "shepard smith reporting" begins. >> dana: at the state departmentues a warning to u.s. citizens is a volcano gets ready to blow. indonesia close in a nearby airport on the island of bali leading tourist stranded. several minor eruptions sending columns of ash commenced thousands of feet into the air with multilevel point on the mountain. officials issuing evacuations for more than 100,000 people living nearby. the last major eruption back in 1963 killed more than 1,000 people. fox news alert, the pentagon is briefing right now. the navy identified three sailors killed in last week's plane crash near japan. the latest in a string of deadly military aviation this year. jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon with more peer jennifer. >> dana come over the weekend, the navy i defy the pilot and two american sailors lost at sea when the plane crash hundreds of miles off the coast of japan while flying towards the uss ronald reagan. lieutenant stephen combs from the university of colorado in 2011. maybe ehrman matthew chialastri was in the navy three yea

here's shepard smith. >> shepard: it's noon on the west coast, 3:00 at the white house where we're expectingbout a half hour. they moved it from 3:00 to 3:30 with fresh reaction. the house voting to pass a tax cut bill after a visit from president trump today. it does not include scrapping the obamacare mandate like the senate version does. we'll explain what is in the house plan and how it could affect so many older americans. also, why support for the senate bill may be slipping. democratic senator al franken responding to a woman who said he kissed her without permission and a picture that shows him going to

that's unless breaking news changes everything on shepard smith reporting. >> sandra: brand new photosging of the ousted today show anchor matt lauer. he was fired by nbc yesterday after a complaint alleging sexual misconduct. today several more women have come forward with allegations against him. photographers from the daily mail capturing lauer leaving his home in the hamptons today. pope francis breaking his silence on the situation in burma which the u.n. declared a textbook case of ethnic cleansing. the international community should take decisive measures to resolve the muslim refugee crisis. he praised bangladesh for welcoming those ref few skwreus and said world leaders must help the bangladeshi government provide for them. >> what i read is we may turn everything topsy turvy by moving the secretary of state out. i have no way in knowing if that is the white house plan. i just know what i read this morning. there's a pattern of really under mining the diplomatic muscle. >> sandra: that's senator tim cane's assessment of what would happen if rex tillerson is replaced especially

. >> breaking news with "shepard smith reporting" live from the fox news desk. >> shepard: out of nowhere, alive look at the white house where the president is about to speak in a minute now. this was not scheduled. it was not on the agenda, we are expecting to have a white house press briefing from sarah sanders as is often the case around this time in the afternoon. abruptly a short time ago, this was canceled instead, the president himself will speak on an extremely busy and consequential newsday. we are waiting for a reaction to north korea watching yet another ballistic missile. another challenge what is already a make or break day for the president's agenda. president trump is trying to cut deals on two separate fronts. first, fellow republicans on the tax plan. then with democrats on a budget deal. those talks had a major setback over a presidential tweet. let's begin today with the breaking news out of north korea. u.s. official confirms to fox news that the north koreans had testfired another missile. the first and more than two months. we will have the president when he speaks i

i'm ed henry in for shepard smith. "your world" is next. trish regin is in for neil. nice to see you. >>> protesters lashing out in front of stores as shoppers are rushing in. welcome to "your world" and the busiest shopping day of the year. i'm trish regin in for neil cavuto. we are everywhere right now. we've got matt in chicago on protesters trying keep the shoppers way. lauren on customers trying to score the best deals and hillary in los angeles on malls trying anything they can to get shoppers into the stores. let's begin with the protests and matt. >> trish, these protesters have said they want to make app dent in chicago's pocketbook. so for the third year in a row, they have marched up and down the famed michigan avenue behind me demonstrating in front of stores, protesting and shouting and chanting perhaps to scare customers away and prevent customers from getting in. they're doing this all in the name of alleged police brutality and even police murder here in chicago. these protesters say they want to hurt chicago where it hurts, in its pocketbook. so they

well as shepard smith made it as well. look at that. hey. >> that's embarrassing. >> you guys are looking good. >> time to check the eyesight, right? >> next time the cover. >> not bad for old men. >> "happening now." >> jon: fallout from the president's asia trip with a big announcement coming soon. on the domestic front the president has his hands full. good morning to you. i'm jon scott. >> i'm julie banderas. new questions about the russia investigation after his attorney general's testimony and a growing scandal surrounding alabama senate candidate roy moore. while congress works to pass tax reform before everyone goes home for the holidays. >> good morning to you. despite 20,000 miles, five countries, 13 days, the president has up early tweeting at 5:40 this morning. although he has no public events today. that means we have to wait until at least tomorrow for this promised big announcement. during the trip to asia, the white house said the president would make a decision on whether or not to declare north korea a state sponsor of

. >> shepard smith at the fox newsdesk.ng the white house where the press briefing is set to begin at the top of the hour. it is the first one since yesterday's deadly terrorist attack here in new york city, which has renewed the immigration debate. the feds say the suspect entered through the u.s. diversity visa lottery program. president trump said he wants to get rid of it. we'll hear more from the white house when the briefing gets under way. that's coming up on fox news channel. see you then. >> dana: as shep mentioned we're waiting for the white house briefing to start. let's bring in katie and michael star hopkins. my first in studio panel. i appreciate you being here. let's take a listen to what andrew cuomo had to say about president trump's tweet. >> the president's tweets i think were not helpful. i don't think they were factual. they tended to politicize the situation. you play into the hands of terrorist to the extend you disrupt and divide a frightened people in this society. and the tone now should be the exa

that's coming up when i fill in on shepard smith reporting. >> dana: suits take on mgm resort spwersnational, the company owning the mandalay bay hotel. live nation the festival organizer, the estate of stephen paddock and other businesses. victims claiming the hotel and event organizers didn't do enough to protect them from the deadly shooting on october 1st. you'll remember 58 people lost their lives that day and hundreds of others were wounded. >> we're going to give the american people a huge tax cut for christmas. hopefully, that will be a great big beautiful christmas present. >> dana: president trump making his christmas wish there. will it happen? lawmakers are on break for the holiday. they return after thanksgiving. once they get back, republicans in the senate will try to pass a tax bill but seven of their own could stop it from happening. you can see them here. joining me now the maryland reppive john delaney. thanks for being here, sir. >> thanks for having me. >> dana: sounds like at the beginning of the week there was significant momentum on the republicans side. polli

busy news hour ahead on shepard smith reporting. >> dana: an iranian hacker faces federal charges for episodes and scripts from hbo including game of thrones and holding them for ransom. the iranians stole data from the company servers from may to august this year, demanding up to $6 million to keep the files secret. suspect, who remains at large, is charged with computer fraud, wire fraud, extortion and identity theft. u.s. senate today releasing a full 515-page text of a tax bill, including a possible vote when lawmakers return from break. what do all the changes mean when it comes down to filing taxes. republican on the ways and means committee and certified public accountant. we couldn't have a better guest. welcome. >> thanks. >> dana: before we get to all these questions what do you think the chances are that you could get this done before christmas like the president wants? >> i think the goal is there. the house wants to get it done. the senate wants to get it done. we have two willing bodies to get it done. it's going to come down to the senate. >> dana: we asked viewers what

my favorite one, repeated on shepard smith's show a couple of weeks ago on fox, that no root u uraniumed states. the uranium one did export american uranium out of the united states after russia bought it. we went to canada, europe, and maybe asia. it's because that is one. the three key defense points that have been put outut there y the clinton defenders are now improving false, by documents and by true reporting. i think that is one of the things a that is most important about today's story. one of the key pillars is not true. >> sean: we all know more about the story than we are telling. i can only say to our audience that has been following this, stay tuned, tick tock. i think you will agree with that. thank you, great work both of you. when we come back, democrats sexual harassment problems are way far from over. we will tell you about the latest accusations against congressman conyers. later, north korea's icbm launch is now a game changer. we have a live update. ed henry is in washington. sebastian gorka has a reaction. that and much more straight ahead. joints. but do you take

shepard smith is in new york city, he's been covering this attack from the moment it happened and he joins us from the scene where it occurred. shepard. >> tucker, the latest we have is that right now authorities in passaic, new jersey, about 15 miles from here, 45 minutes a few are driving regional traffic, they have surrounded a vehicle, and that vehicle as the vehicle they believe it drove to the home depot there where he rented the home depot branded rental truck, which he then drove into manhattan and at some point began his rampage somewhere around houston street. when he got into the separated bike path and drove south about 20 blocks to the location where we are now at chambers street, basically in the shadow of one world trade center. along the way he had untold numbers of people, pedestrians and bicyclists. we saw the mangled remains of bicycles on the side ofpl the road. as you said, killedd officially now eight people and injured at least 12. catherine herridge, our intelligence correspondent is reporting that sources tell her he was here on the visa from uzbekistan, came

. >> in your own shepard smith did a great job of dismantling the uranium one, which is nonsense.here is zero evidence that secretary clinton or her campaign colluded with the russians, it just isn't true, congressman. i didn't say the president had colluded, i said he's acting incredibly weirdly with the relation to russia, and he matters a whole lot more than she does right now. >> martha: we will have to agree to disagree, have to leave it there. we will pick it up another time. still to come tonight, president trump helping to secure the release of these three college basketball players were held as criminals for shoplifting in china. so today they stepped in front of the microphone and we are going to play for you what they had to say the president trump. and happening right now on capitol hill, lawmakers are debating the final details of something that will be very important to you in your life and your tax returns as they get ready for the vote tomorrow. new word of words between congressman in the white house is heating up. new york irishman peter king tweeting this. "from

there is our own bill hemmer as well as shepard smith made it as well. look at that.hat's embarrassing. >> you guys are looking good. >> time to check the eyesight, right? >> next time the cover. >> not bad for old men. >> "happening now." >> jon: fallout from the president's asia trip with a big announcement coming soon. on the domestic front the president has his hands full. good morning to you. i'm jon scott. >> i'm julie banderas. new questions about the russia investigation after his attorney general's testimony and a growing scandal surrounding alabama senate candidate roy moore. while congress works to pass tax reform before everyone goes home for the holidays. >> good

shepard: more breaking news. fox news can confirmed the republican congressman lamar smith from texas is retiring. he's a trump supporter. in a direct that went ten points for trump in the positive. the thing is he's been termed out. no longer eligible for committee chairmanships. he and another republican have been out the last few weeks. the financial services committee in the house, the chairman there, also out. two texans, republicans, gone. we're learning more heart breaking details today about some of the victims of tuesday's terror attack here in new york city. plus, video showing this group of friends right before it happened and what we know about the suspect coming un. (avo) when you have type 2 diabetes, you manage your a1c, but you also have a higher risk of heart attack or stroke. non-insulin victoza® lowers a1c, and now reduces cardiovascular risk. victoza® lowers my a1c and blood sugar better than the leading branded pill. (avo) and for people with type 2 diabetes treating cardiovascular disease, victoza® is now approved to lower the risk of major cardiovascular events such as heart

smith. shep, we lost eight of our fellow new yorkers today. a dozen plus more injured. and an attack we have seen all too often that you have reported on way too often. >> shepard: way tooen, indeed. and new tonight and new on hannity, sean, fox news has learned that the suspect, the terrorist had another weapon. when he got out of car, fox news has learned a black bag fell out of the vehicle with him, out of that rental truck. and when it did, it was zippered open and out of the bag fell a knife. it was described as a hunting knife. i saw a picture of it. it was in a black leather sheath with what appeared to be a belt buckle holder. so he could have held it on his belt but he didn't. authorities here are on scene wondering why did he brandish these two fake weapons that he had a knife that he could have used while wandering through the traffic. this is one of many things they don't know tonight. further, across the river, about 15 miles from here in passaic authorities are still searching a vehicle which the authorities believe this suspect, the terrorist, drove to the home depot there to rent the home depot truck which he used in this attack. according to our sources